St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-16
SECRETARY ENDHCorT.
Bnr Little Credence Placed In the
Report That Kse Intends TO Re.

sign.
Special TO the Globe.
WASHINGTON. March 15.-Official circles
We're to-day thrown into tlutter of excite
ment over report that Secretary Endcott
is to retire from the cabinet, and that al
ready his resignation is in the hands of the
president. The Boston Herald, supposed
TO be friendly TO Secretary Endicott, yester-
day published a long article stating that the
president and the secretary of war have had
an open rupture growing out of the ap-
pointment OF DR.. Moore to be surgeon gen.
eral of the ARMY, which resulted in certain
changes in the medical corps not agreeable
TO the secretary. 1t is further alleged that
Mr.. Endicott has frequently been ignored
in the consideration of business relating di-
rectly to the department over which he pre-
sides, one of the notable instances being the
presidents action Oh the riverand harbor bill.
While several members of the cabinet were
aware that the president objected to Ger
tain features contained in the bill, Secre-
tary Endicott knew nothing of the pocket
Veto until he reached the capitol with the
president on the last day of congress.
Numerous instances are cited to show that
the president and the secretary of war do
not dwell together in that harmony which
should prevail in the presidential family,
yet no one, at either the White house or
war department, is willing to assume the
authority OF affirming the story. 1t is true,
however. that the president has acted on
several matters relating 10 the department
without consulting Mr.. Endcott, but the
latter appears to have worried himself very
little on that score and seems to have been
contented to take official life easy and de-
vote his hest enArUV To pOiOViOp
THE SOCIAL DISTINCTION
which his cabinet position gives him. Soon
after the Inauguration OF Mr.. Cleveland a
well-known politician was present during
an interview between the president and a
leading Massachusetts, Mugwump. The
latter, in commenting upon the gentleman
whom the president had called into his
cabinet, remarked that the people of Massa-
chusetts felt highly gratified that citizen
OF the Old Bay State had been chosen.
But" said he, MI President, although
Judge Endicott is member of Dis
tinguished family and an estimable gentle
man in every particular, yet he is not fami-
liar With pnblic men and measures. and there
fore not calculated to give you much
assistance politically" 1t seems that the
president has followed this advice in var-
Gus New England appointments by neg
lecLllS 10 ldh0 MI. lulO HIS COGu-
dence and seeking counsel from Repre-
sentative Collins and other New England
Democrats. Your correspondent talked
with a number of the cabinet on the subject
tonight, and the latter, without wishing to
be quoted, said that if MIR. Endicott con-
templates retiring from the cabinet he has
confined his secret to the president alone, as
the subject was not considered seriously at
the cabinet meeting to-day. The newSpa-
per accounts of the affair were OF course re-
ferred to. but the president characterized
the statement as nonsense" Secretary
Endicott went to Boston last Friday and is
expected to return to Washington the latter
part of the present week.
Wearing a dilapidated slouch hat and
muffied i'll a dark blue overcoat the attor-
ney general was slowly vending his way
through the department of justice to-day
when your correspondent met him.
Nothing was limited at even to-day" he
said, THAT could give color to the report Of
the retirement of Secretary Endcott. Al
though the latter was not at the cabinet
table there was nothing unusual in that cir
cumstance. I am certain that if Mr.. EndI-
colt purposed leaving US we should have
known something about it. 1t may be that
the old gentleman is getting tired of Official
routine, but he has not taken any OF his asso-
cateS into his confidence